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austinm202's review
adventurous
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
5.0
curtmize's review
4.0
This is a wonderful, compassionate, and balanced biography of a soft-spoken man. Anyone interested in space or aeronautical history should read it.
booksareamood's review against another edition
3.75
A good, comprehensive overview of the man with the famous name - Neil Armstrong. For the most part, this book was interesting, medium paced and I enjoyed it. For other parts, it was too slow and too technical for me - but I respect that this book was not written for everyone's tastes; it's meant to be a comprehensive biography. I did think some of the technical detail would be better placed elsewhere, like in an appendix.
One issue I had was this book, was that I found it bias at times. To say he had 'the most flight hours' 'the best this' 'the best that'. I agree that he was an exceptional man - engineer, pilot, astronaut - but I don't think the level of celebrity is proportionate to the man. Other astronauts were extremely capable too, Armstrong was just picked for this mission.
Secondly, I really disliked how Aldrin seemed to be quite put down in this book. This wasn't from direct quotes from Armstrong, more from cherry picked facts and quotes from others.
One issue I had was this book, was that I found it bias at times. To say he had 'the most flight hours' 'the best this' 'the best that'. I agree that he was an exceptional man - engineer, pilot, astronaut - but I don't think the level of celebrity is proportionate to the man. Other astronauts were extremely capable too, Armstrong was just picked for this mission.
Secondly, I really disliked how Aldrin seemed to be quite put down in this book. This wasn't from direct quotes from Armstrong, more from cherry picked facts and quotes from others.
hrishivish23's review against another edition
5.0
This is an incredibly inspiring tale of one of the greatest American heroes the world has known. The author is exceptionally descriptive and precise in describing the technical and engineering details of the Apollo mission and Neil’s early days as a test pilot, which take up a huge chunk of the book. This is a truly fascinating and engaging story.
mj470's review
3.0
This is an exhaustive biography of Neil Armstrong, going back all the way to his Scottish roots. At times this is quite technical, but the space race is so fascinating and almost too wild to believe.
clarke11235's review
5.0
Both inspiring and captivating. Makes me wish I were alive to witness the inspirational days during the Apollo program.
jfkaess's review against another edition
5.0
Get the audio CD's, it has actual audio and video from the missions. This is beyond fantastic. A must listen to for anyone the least bit interested in the astronauts and/or the Apollo missions.
colorfulleo92's review
2.0
I thought this was a safe bet being about astronaut Neil A. Armstrong. But I found this massive book to be tedious to get through and I didn't gel with James R Hansen way of writing about Neil A. Armstrong found it rather boring and a bit bla bla bla which I don't want to feel like in a biography or nonfiction.